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Courier in London, Middlesex

29 Jul 1817

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Courier

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 29, 1817

Page

2

Huddersfield riot trial opens over Folly Hall Bridge case

Benjamin Lockwood and three co defendants, all cloth-dressers from Salford, face capital charges for aiding and abetting a mob that fired on David Alexander at Folly Hall Bridge near Huddersfield on June 8. Prosecutors outline a planned assault with arms and the aim to murder.

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Youk—Crown Side Satunday Prexjamin Lockwood Salford Lockwood George Waffenden John Milson Joseph J Tysop David Alexander Folly Hall-Bridge Huddersfield Alexander Toppine Scarlett Lsivid Alexander Que Taylor Armitage Lluddersfield Whitehead Tockwood Rimes Lere David Aflexander Gray Shires Lethers Alexandyr Aires Iain George So 'Far Ghem Ising Rey Wiiiiama Ordo Avdo Glore Starney Nathan ‘Taylor Benjamin Lockwood Knowthill George Armitage Charles Harnshaw Engine-Bridge Earnshaw Enginebridge Armita Wilson Atty Que Benjamin Labkwood George Wotlenden J'ysop Croft Fluddersfield William Stanley James Greig Hernshaw William-Stapley Dame of Blades Chey Mfuddershield George ‘Armitage Arcmitage John Blades Fkrae Greig Aterwards Jane Mie Armitage Ale Woodhouse Dyson George Wollenden William “Mills Woffenden John ‘Thornton Baron Woop
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Jury Returns Guilty Verdict After Brief Deliberation

In a tense courtroom scene the jury retired about ten minutes and found all prisoners guilty. A judge warned the defendants to reform their conduct and avoid a dangerous path, emphasizing they had escaped a severe consequence by a narrow margin.

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Noted Murders and Trials across English Assizes Last Week

Reports from Hertford, Nottingham, Lincoln, Salisbury, and Bedford Assizes detail grim cases. Included are Joseph Rae and Robert Reid found guilty of culpable homicide in a chimney sweep murder, William Moses convicted for arson, Elizabeth Marriner sentenced to execution, and Elizabeth Sut ton in Ashfield murder. Also noted are a Weymouth branch pilot acquittal, a long line of capital verdicts with reprieves, a horse damages ruling, and a probate fraud inquiry with a 50 guinea damages award.

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Joseph Rae Robert Reid Hertford Assizes William Moses John Farn Nottingham Assizes Charles Rotherhem Elizabeth Shepherd Sutton-in-Ashfield Dorset Assizes John Martin Weymouth Wm. Langrish His Majesty’s Customs Buckingham Assizes Daniel Syms Jesse Shrimpton Long Crengon Lincoln Assizes Elizabeth Marriner Justice oLnoup Nisi Prius Barney Sheriff’s Court W. H. Robinson Mary Stevenson Keepham Lincoln Stephen Horton Fiskerton Reeder Edward Storr Hackthorn Christopher Wright Scotton Horton Baldwin Norton Salisbury Assizes Zeary Angel Charles L'orterne Bedford Assizese Thomas Times Court of Chancery
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Convict Mutiny Aboard The Migerva Off Isle of Wight

The Migerva arrived off the Isle of Wight and spoke a ship bound for Botany Bay with convicts aboard. Convicts seized the ship but were subdued after twenty were shot as a gale hampered recovery and further details remained elusive.

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Court Affirms Decree Over Twelve Acre Title Dispute

In a case from 1811 to 1815, Lord Chancellor upholds that purchasers must have undisturbed possession and good title. Defendants’ hold on twelve disputed acres cannot force completion with deductions. decree affirmed. The ruling emphasizes title certainty and possession as key to fulfilling contracts.

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Duke of Vetuxeros Swaff Officers Set for Paris Mission

July notices report the Duke of Vetuxeros traveling to Paris with Swaff Officers as part of ongoing talks with the French Government to reduce the Army of Occupation. It also notes Portuguese dispatches of British troops to Calais for Dover and other royal movements in July.

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